diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 903436dc3..e9a2077ca 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 		<dist.key>DATAJPA</dist.key>
 
+		<datanucleus>3.3.7</datanucleus>
 		<eclipselink>2.5.1</eclipselink>
 		<hibernate>3.6.10.Final</hibernate>
 		<hsqldb1>1.8.0.10</hsqldb1>
@@ -115,7 +116,6 @@
 			<version>${aspectj}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-aspects</artifactId>
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@
 			<version>${hibernate}</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
 			<artifactId>org.eclipse.persistence.jpa</artifactId>
@@ -171,6 +170,21 @@
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.datanucleus</groupId>
+			<artifactId>datanucleus-accessplatform-jpa-rdbms</artifactId>
+			<version>${datanucleus}</version>
+			<type>pom</type>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+			<scope>runtime</scope>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.datanucleus</groupId>
+					<artifactId>datanucleus-jpa-query</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<!-- QueryDsl -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.mysema.querydsl</groupId>
@@ -258,6 +272,21 @@
 							</excludes>
 						</configuration>
 					</execution>
+
+					<execution>
+						<id>datanucleus-tests</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>test</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<phase>test</phase>
+						<configuration>
+							<includes>
+								<include>**/DataNucleus*Tests.java</include>
+							</includes>
+							<argLine>-javaagent:${settings.localRepository}/org/datanucleus/datanucleus-core/3.2.12/datanucleus-core-3.2.12.jar=-api=JPA <!-- -javaagent:${settings.localRepository}/org/springframework/spring-instrument/${spring}/spring-instrument-${spring}.jar --></argLine>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+
 					<execution>
 						<id>unit-tests</id>
 						<goals>
@@ -270,6 +299,7 @@
 							</includes>
 						</configuration>
 					</execution>
+
 					<execution>
 						<id>integration-tests</id>
 						<goals>
@@ -284,12 +314,14 @@
 							<excludes>
 								<exclude>**/*UnitTests.java</exclude>
 								<exclude>**/OpenJpa*</exclude>
+								<exclude>**/DataNucleus*</exclude>
 								<exclude>**/EclipseLink*</exclude>
 								<exclude>**/infrastructure/*</exclude>
 							</excludes>
 							<argLine>-javaagent:${settings.localRepository}/org/springframework/spring-instrument/${spring}/spring-instrument-${spring}.jar</argLine>
 						</configuration>
 					</execution>
+
 					<execution>
 						<id>eclipselink-tests</id>
 						<goals>
@@ -303,6 +335,7 @@
 							<argLine>-javaagent:${settings.localRepository}/org/springframework/spring-instrument/${spring}/spring-instrument-${spring}.jar</argLine>
 						</configuration>
 					</execution>
+
 					<execution>
 						<id>openjpa-tests</id>
 						<goals>
@@ -322,6 +355,7 @@
 							</additionalClasspathElements>
 						</configuration>
 					</execution>
+
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/DataNucleusJpaVendorAdapter.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/DataNucleusJpaVendorAdapter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4ce6601d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/DataNucleusJpaVendorAdapter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013-2014 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.jpa.repository;
+
+import javax.persistence.spi.PersistenceProvider;
+
+import org.datanucleus.api.jpa.PersistenceProviderImpl;
+import org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.AbstractJpaVendorAdapter;
+
+/**
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
+public class DataNucleusJpaVendorAdapter extends AbstractJpaVendorAdapter {
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaVendorAdapter#getPersistenceProvider()
+	 */
+	public PersistenceProvider getPersistenceProvider() {
+		return new PersistenceProviderImpl();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/DataNucleusNamespaceUserRepositoryTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/DataNucleusNamespaceUserRepositoryTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d8caab97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/DataNucleusNamespaceUserRepositoryTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2008-2014 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.jpa.repository;
+
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.sample.UserRepository;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+
+/**
+ * Testcase to run {@link UserRepository} integration tests on top of DataNucleus.
+ * 
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
+@ContextConfiguration(value = "classpath:datanucleus.xml")
+public class DataNucleusNamespaceUserRepositoryTests extends NamespaceUserRepositoryTests {
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/datanucleus.xml b/src/test/resources/datanucleus.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f278e37b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/datanucleus.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
+	xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd">
+
+	<bean id="vendorAdaptor" class="org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.DataNucleusJpaVendorAdapter" parent="abstractVendorAdaptor" />
+	
+	<util:properties id="jpaProperties">
+		<prop key="datanucleus.autoCreateTables">true</prop>
+	</util:properties>
+
+</beans>